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Steam Wallet in Beta

By james_fudge

Valve's Steam Wallet, a new payment method tied into the popular digital distribution platform, is now in beta. Instead of charging your credit or debit card multiple times, Steam Wallet allows users to simply put larger amounts of virtual cash into a wallet that can be used later to buy games and other content from Steam. While the concept certainly isn't new - PlayStation Store does it and Microsoft's virtual currency can be bought in large blocks - it's an interesting idea that gives consumers a bit more flexibility when it comes to buying games.

It would not be surprising to see Steam start selling "Steam Cards" as MMO's and consoles do now at retail. Steam Wallet could be the beginning of that.

Source: Shacknews

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 13, 2010 (boomark / email).